Romans 1:16-24

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and for the Greek.

¹⁷For in it God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, as it has been written, “The righteous will live by faith.”

¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people, who through unrighteousness hold back the truth.

¹⁹This is because that which is known about God is visible to them. For God has enlightened them.

²⁰For his invisible qualities, namely his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

²¹This is because, although they knew about God, they did not glorify him as God, nor did they give him thanks. Instead, they became foolish in their thoughts, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

²²They claimed to be wise, but they became foolish.

²³They exchanged the glory of the imperishable God for the likenesses of an image of perishable man, of birds, of four-footed beasts, and of creeping things.

²⁴Therefore God gave them over to the lusts of their hearts for uncleanness, for their bodies to be dishonored among themselves.